By choosing a material that has an appropriate asymmetric lattice mismatch to the host substrate, in this case ErSi2 on Si(001), it is possible to grow one-dimensional epitaxial crystals. ErSi2 nanowires are less than one nanometer high, a few nanometers wide, close to a micron long, crystallographically aligned to 〈110〉Si directions, straight, and atomically regular.
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